Fabrication and characterization of chalcogenide polarization-maintaining fibers based on extrusion

Jiang, Ling; Wang, Xunsi; Guo, Fangxia; Wu, Bo; Zhao, Zheming; Nan, Mi; Li, Xing; Dai, Shixun; Liu, Zijun; Nie, Qiuhua; Wang, Rongping

doi:10.1016/j.yofte.2017.09.020

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“…Compared with ordinary elliptical-core fiber, this microstructure fiber weakens the circular symmetry and increases the complexity in structure, which helps to improve the PM performance of the fiber, so the ER of this fiber is about 4.6 times that of the As-S ellipticalcore fiber. 21 An 18-cm-long microstructure fiber and an 18-cm-long step-index fiber were used for SC generation and the results were shown in Figure 12A,B, where the SC spectra were generated by a mean input power of 23 mW at a pump wavelength of 4, 5, 6, and 7 μm, respectively. It is well-known, strong self-phase modulation (SPM) of pulses leads to optical wave breaking (OWB) via self-steepening and third-order dispersion, which results in a significant broadening of the spectra.…”

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“…Furthermore, even though the step-index fibers are easily fabricated and the fiber loss is relatively low, the PM performance of step-index fibers with elliptical-core is always poor, the ER value of an As-S elliptical-core fiber is about −3.7 dB due to its simple structure and fiber loss. 21 In this paper, we designed a feasible microstructure PM fiber based on chalcogenide Ge 9 As 23 Se 68 and Ge 10 As 22 Se 68 glasses, with the aim of solving the problems of complicated PCF and elliptical-core fiber. Then, a PM fiber with a high ER of −17.08 dB was successfully obtained, which is the highest value in mid-infrared fiber to date.…”

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High extinction‐ratio microstructure fiber based on chalcogenide glasses

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J. Am. Ceram. Soc.

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Chalcogenide glasses (ChGs) have excellent properties, such as high optical nonlinearity, wide infrared transmittance window, low phonon energy, high refractive index, and ultra-fast broadband response. 1-8 Therefore, they have been widely used in broad band supercontinuum (SC) generation, biochemical sensing, spectra detection, Raman amplification, metrology, all-optical signal processing, optical demultiplexing, and other fields. [9][10][11][12]

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High extinction‐ratio microstructure fiber based on chalcogenide glasses

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“…Among the large variety of infrared fibers, chalcogenide-glass-based fibers (composed of chalcogen elements such as S, Se or Te) are excellent platforms for SC applications in the MIR due to their wider transmission window, tailorable dispersion, and hundred times larger nonlinearity compared to silica or ZBLAN fibers [43,47,[55][56][57]. Bulk chalcogenide glasses are usually prepared using several techniques such as melt-quenching [46,58] or microwave radiation [59,60] that can be drawn into highly nonlinear step-index fibers [58] or dispersion-tailored PCFs using techniques such as molding [61][62][63], drilling [64] and extrusion [65].…”

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Recent Advances in Supercontinuum Generation in Specialty Fiber

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2021

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The physics and applications of fiber-based supercontinuum (SC) sources have been a subject of intense interest over the last decade, with a significant impact on both basic science and industry. New uses for SC sources are also constantly emerging due to their unique properties that combine high brightness, multi-octave frequency bandwidth, fiber delivery, and single-mode output. The last few years have seen significant research efforts focused on extending the wavelength coverage of SC sources towards the 2 to 20 μm molecular fingerprint mid-infrared (MIR) region and in the ultraviolet (UV) down to 100 nm, while also improving stability, noise, and coherence, output power and polarization properties. Here we review a selection of recent advances in SC generation in a range of specialty optical fibers including fluoride, chalcogenide, telluride, and silicon-core fibers for the MIR; UV-grade silica fibers, liquid-filled and gas-filled hollow-core fibers for the UV range; and all-normal dispersion fibers for ultra-low nose coherent SC generation.

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“…The introduced microstructures modify both the mechanical and optical properties of the fiber, making it a good platform for multifunctional devices. According to the material type, various techniques are used to fabricate the microstructures, including drilling [30], extrusion [69], and stacking [70]. Normally, drilling air holes in a preform is limited by machining precision as well as the length of the drill bit.…”

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Multifunctional Smart Optical Fibers: Materials, Fabrication, and Sensing Applications

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This paper presents a review of the development of optical fibers made of multiple materials, particularly including silica glass, soft glass, polymers, hydrogels, biomaterials, Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS), and Polyperfluoro-Butenylvinyleth (CYTOP). The properties of the materials are discussed according to their various applications. Typical fabrication techniques for specialty optical fibers based on these materials are introduced, which are mainly focused on extrusion, drilling, and stacking methods depending on the materials' thermal properties. Microstructures render multiple functions of optical fibers and bring more flexibility in fiber design and device fabrication. In particular, micro-structured optical fibers made from different types of materials are reviewed. The sensing capability of optical fibers enables smart monitoring. Widely used techniques to develop fiber sensors, i.e., fiber Bragg grating and interferometry, are discussed in terms of sensing principles and fabrication methods. Lastly, sensing applications in oil/gas, optofluidics, and particularly healthcare monitoring using specialty optical fibers are demonstrated. In comparison with conventional silica-glass single-mode fiber, state-of-the-art specialty optical fibers provide promising prospects in sensing applications due to flexible choices in materials and microstructures.

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Fabrication and characterization of chalcogenide polarization-maintaining fibers based on extrusion

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High extinction‐ratio microstructure fiber based on chalcogenide glasses

High extinction‐ratio microstructure fiber based on chalcogenide glasses

Recent Advances in Supercontinuum Generation in Specialty Fiber

Multifunctional Smart Optical Fibers: Materials, Fabrication, and Sensing Applications

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